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The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford has completed the acquisition of 50 pieces donated by the late prominent arts and crafts collector Stephen Gray. The bequest is made up of early Gustav Stickley furniture, metalwork, prints and pottery selected by Atheneum curators from Gray's collection. The donation sprung out of a 2008 exhibit at the Atheneum At Home with Gustav Stickley: Arts and Crafts from the Stephen Gray Collection. Shortly after that show, Gray began talks with Atheneum curators to donate many of his items. In 2009, the museum received the first part of Gray's gift, 18 pieces of Stickley furniture, including two pieces now on view in the Avery building: a Harvey Ellis...

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